Before the 19th Amendment in 1920, women couldn’t vote or do anything, especially the black woman. Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist and women's rights activist who wrote the famous poem “Aint I a Woman?”. On May of 1851 Sojourner delivered the speech at the Ohio Women's right convention. The reason for “Aint I a Woman?” was to get rights for women because woman couldn’t vote or where looked upon as weak and not smart. This poem was intended for head political powers as well as men in america. Sojourner Truth wanted to get rights for womens because of how hard working they are. Women are very strong and crucial to today's world because without them we wouldn’t be able to move on into the future.
Women are very strong and capable of doing everything a man can do. Since Truth was a african american slave women she had to deal with many things including doing the work of a man in the fields. To show how strong Truth was she said, “And ain’t I a …show more content…
Truth asks this question in her poem to show how women have created this world. Truth believes that in everything that has happened women have always been the base foundation. Because a man told her that women cant have rights because God wasn’t a woman Truth replies with, “‘Cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your christ come from? From God and a woman!” ( ). Truth uses allusion to make her question about where Christ came from. What Truth meant by this is that man had nothing to do with the creation of man because it was god and a woman. In more depth what Truth actually meant was that Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, was sent a baby by God and not a man. Since God is not a man but a superior embodiment then there was no man in the creation of Jesus Christ. In most of her poem Truth is angry with the rights women have right now but with this quotation she seems very agitated as to why men don't know how their Christ came to
Women are very strong and capable of doing everything a man can do. Since Truth was a african american slave women she had to deal with many things including doing the work of a man in the fields. To show how strong Truth was she said, “And ain’t I a …show more content…
Truth asks this question in her poem to show how women have created this world. Truth believes that in everything that has happened women have always been the base foundation. Because a man told her that women cant have rights because God wasn’t a woman Truth replies with, “‘Cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your christ come from? From God and a woman!” ( ). Truth uses allusion to make her question about where Christ came from. What Truth meant by this is that man had nothing to do with the creation of man because it was god and a woman. In more depth what Truth actually meant was that Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, was sent a baby by God and not a man. Since God is not a man but a superior embodiment then there was no man in the creation of Jesus Christ. In most of her poem Truth is angry with the rights women have right now but with this quotation she seems very agitated as to why men don't know how their Christ came to